Introduction Biodiversity underpins resilient ecosystems that sustain life. Despite
international conservation efforts, biodiversity is still declining due to ongoing anthropogenic …

Due to the growing demand for land resources, coastal reclamation has become a global
land use practice. Although the reclamation of coastal wetlands brings substantial economic …

Groundwater resources in deltaic regions are vulnerable to contamination by saline
seawater, posing significant crisis for drinking water. Current policy and practice of building …

Global shrimp catches are reported primarily in association with large industrial trawling, but
they also occur through small-scale fishing, which plays a substantial role in traditional …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread and harmful environmental
pollutants that threaten marine ecosystems. Assessing their level and source is crucial to …

Enhancing the resilience of complex social‐ecological systems (SES) to climate change
requires transformative changes. Yet, there are knowledge gaps on how best to achieve …

There is a lack of available methods to understand the associations between land and sea
in social and ecological systems. This work adapts a methodology to explore how coastal …

Appropriate spatial planning and environmental management of coastal areas in cities are
essential to maintain a balance of environmental quality and urban development, whereas …

Cumulative anthropogenic activities in coastal regions are a major threat to their marine
biodiversity. The consideration of coastal marine areas as social-ecological systems …

Context Understanding the complex interdependencies between nature and people is a
major challenge for the sustainable management of social-ecological systems. Spatially …